MS Dhoni became emotional: In the 67th match of IPL 2025, CSK captain MS Dhoni won the toss against Gujarat and decided to bat. After winning the toss, Dhoni spoke on his fitness, saying, “It is very difficult to keep the body fit and strong to play the match in the final stages of his career.” Every year there is a new challenge. A lot of effort has to be made to maintain it. I did not have much trouble when I was playing international cricket. But now I have to work very hard to keep myself fit.
‘We win the match or lose, we will still be at the bottom’
On the decision to bat first after winning the toss, Dhoni said, “The atmosphere in Chennai is quite good after 3.30 to 4.00 pm, the heat here is different, the weather is dry… We are at the bottom of the table, we will win the match or lose, we will still be at the bottom.” We should enjoy our cricket. The team has changed. Hooda will play Ashwin today. Gujarat is a good team, they play great cricket. You have to bowl on the exact line, otherwise the batsman will punish you.
The series against England will be quite exciting.
At the same time, Gujarat captain Shubman Gill said, ‘I am very excited about the challenge of Test captaincy, this series against England is going to be very exciting for us. In the last match, we were fully competitive till the 16th-17th over. Even today, our plan was to bowl first. The wicket looks good, it will be very good for batting and there will not be much change. There has been a change in our team, Garald has come in the coittew team in place of Rabada.
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Chennai Super Kings:
Devon Conway, Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Bruis, MS Dhoni (Captain), Deepak Huda, Noor Ahmed, Matisha Pathirana, Anshul Kamboj, Khalil Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed
Gujarat Titans:
Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Jose Butler, Shafan Rutherford, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Gerald Koetzi, Sai Kishore, Mohammad Siraj, Prasad Krishna
